There are 5 ways to get from Edinburgh to Samarkand by plane or train
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Fly Edinburgh Airport to Samarkand International Airport
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Samarkand International Airport (SKD)plane EDI - SKD
15h 19m$354–614Fly Edinburgh Airport to Tashkent International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Tashkent International Airport (TAS)plane EDI - TAS
- Take the train from Tashkent Central to Samarkandtrain
17h 9m$315–599Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Samarkand International Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Samarkand International Airport (SKD)plane MAN - SKD
15h 13m$453–1,488Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Samarkand International Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Samarkand International Airport (SKD)plane GLA - SKD
35h 38m$362–1,256Fly Edinburgh Airport to Bukhara International Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Bukhara International Airport (BHK)plane EDI - BHK
- Take the train from Bukhara 1 to Samarkandtrain
16h 30m$324–1,240
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Samarkand International Airport (SKD) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Samarkand is to fly and train which costs $310 - $600 and takes 17h 9m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Samarkand is to train and fly which takes 15h 13m and costs $450 - $1,500.
The distance between Edinburgh and Samarkand is 5313 km.
It takes approximately 15h 19m to get from Edinburgh to Samarkand, including transfers.
Samarkand is 5h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 4:53 AM in Edinburgh and 9:53 AM in Samarkand.
There are 631+ hotels available in Samarkand.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Samarkand, Uzbekistan?
Turkish Airlines flies from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Samarkand International Airport (SKD) 5 times a week.
Airlines
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Manchester Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,400
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tashkent International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–900
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bukhara International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
- Website
- uzairways.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Frankfurt, Baku Heydar Aliyev
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tashkent International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $320–950
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tashkent International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $320–950
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,400
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,400
- Website
- azal.az
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Frankfurt, Baku Heydar Aliyev
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,300
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Berlin Brandenburg, Baku Heydar Aliyev
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
- Website
- taban.aero
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tashkent International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $270–700
Train operators
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $110–190
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $27–50
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- 1005
- compliance@railway.uz
- Website
- railway.uz
Train from Tashkent Central to Samarkand
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $23–34
- Website
- https://railway.uz/en/
- Book at
- https://eticket.railway.uz/en/home
- Schedules at
- https://eticket.railway.uz/en/pages/schedule
- Business class
- $31–34
- Econom class
- $23
Train from Bukhara 1 to Samarkand
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $17–25
- Website
- https://railway.uz/en/
- Book at
- https://eticket.railway.uz/en/home
- Schedules at
- https://eticket.railway.uz/en/pages/schedule
- Business class
- $23–25
- Econom class
- $17
- Phone
- 1005
- compliance@railway.uz
- Website
- railway.uz
Train from Tashkent Central to Samarkand
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 9m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $11–17
- Website
- https://railway.uz/en/
- Book at
- https://eticket.railway.uz/en/home
- Sleeper
- $11–13
- Coupe
- $15–17
- SV
- $26–29
Train from Bukhara 1 to Samarkand
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–15
- Website
- https://railway.uz/en/
- Book at
- https://eticket.railway.uz/en/home
- Sleeper
- $10–12
- Coupe
- $13–15
- SV
- $22–25
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